PRESCOTT RESULTS dont look good for intel

[wetcat007]

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20040201/index.html

Repost.

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[Acanthus]

1. repost
2. its going to ramp to 5.0ghz, how is that bad?

 

[wetcat007]

it already is at over 100 watts of heat, and is slower per the clock cycle

 

[Ionizer86]

That's Intel's whole point. Their new design does slightly less IPC but it ramps up much more easily. Besides, the THG article makes Prescott seem to perform rather decently compared with a Northwood at the same clock.

 

[dexvx]

Originally posted by: wetcat007
it already is at over 100 watts of heat, and is slower per the clock cycle

~15 years ago when the 386 broke 10W of dissipation, people were screaming that it was an oven.